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Our Spiritual Life

"The Spiritual Quest"

Being part of a church offers many meaningful gifts. If you are feeling lonely, you may find friendship and connection. If you seek spiritual or emotional healing, the love of God—expressed through caring people and meaningful worship—can bring comfort. And if you are recovering from broken relationships, church can be a place of renewal and fresh beginnings.

If you long for spirituality to be a deeper part of your life, there are few better places to seek and grow. Here at St. Paul’s Church, we offer a safe haven—a sanctuary where you can be enriched, find belonging, and share your unique gifts within a welcoming community.

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Our Beliefs

What Does St. Paul’s Unitarian Universalist Church Believe?

At St. Paul’s, we welcome you just as you are. Our community—like the wider world—is made up of people from many different religious backgrounds, spiritual perspectives, and life experiences. What brings us together is not a shared creed, but a shared commitment to seeking truth, practicing compassion, and respecting each person’s spiritual journey.

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Our Spiritual Life

At St. Paul’s, our spiritual life is nourished by many streams of wisdom. We draw insight and inspiration from science and reason, from poetry and the arts, from sacred texts across cultures, and from the lived experience of our own lives and communities. No single source is expected to hold all truth; instead, we listen deeply across traditions and perspectives.

Together, these sources help us reflect on life’s deepest questions, shape our values, and guide us toward compassionate and responsible living. They invite us to keep learning, to remain open, and to grow in understanding as individuals and as a community.

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Unitarian Universalism at St. Paul’s

What it means in the life of our congregation

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Our Covenant

At St. Paul’s, our covenant expresses how we choose to be together as a community. Rather than defining what we must believe, it names the values and shared promises that guide how we relate to one another—with respect, compassion, honesty, and integrity. Created by the congregation, this covenant reflects our commitment to living these values in our shared life.

We covenant to walk together:

In LOVE, by nurturing one another’s spiritual growth and full humanity.

In RESPECT, by honoring one another’s beliefs and intentions, listening without judgement, listening to understand.

In COMPASSION, by being there for one another, in times of joy and sorrow alike.

In HUMOR, by learning to laugh together, have fun together, and joyously celebrating our faith community.

Thus do we covenant with one another in faith and in love!

Our Worship Service

Worship at St. Paul’s Church is a thoughtful blending of the traditional and the contemporary, with room for quiet reflection

and those spontaneous moments of grace.

Our Sunday services, held at 10:00 a.m., offer a sacred time to pause, reflect, and reconnect—to the Holy, to one another, and to what matters most. It is an opportunity to set aside the concerns of daily life and be refreshed in the company of a caring community.

Through music and prayer, shared reflection, silent contemplation, and meaningful sermons, we journey toward joy, grace, love, and peace—within ourselves and with one another.

Our service typically includes a call to worship, music, and the lighting of St. Paul’s chalice. We affirm our commitment to one another by sharing our congregational covenant.

One of the most tender moments comes as people are invited to light candles of prayer and hope, gratitude and concern. The Lord’s Prayer then leads us into the morning’s sermon—messages of encouragement, faith, grace, and spiritual insight. Meditation, prayer, and additional music and song bring our time of worship to a thoughtful close.

Inspired, edified, and sometimes gently challenged, we then make our way next door to the Fellowship Hall—for the very best that friendship, good conversation, and a bit of good food and drink have to offer!